A Solar Cooking Workshop for Low-Income Communities: A Social and Environmental Initiative

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https://doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v16.2.p1025-1032

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Energia Solar, Fogões Solares Acessíveis, Sustentabilidade, Resíduos

Resumo

Brazil is a tropical country which has an average of 250 sunny days per year. Unfortunately, very little solar energy is used for both heating water and for food cooking with solar cookers. Traditional cooking process demands fuel consumption while solar cooking takes advantage of the abundant, free solar energy. This article proposes the use of affordable panel solar cookers, with a sustainable design, based on waste materials, such as cardboard and potato chips metallized plastic bags as alternative materials to commercial reflective aluminum foil or reflective plastic films. Our work is an example of the feasibility of simple, fast and low-cost solar cooking apparatus and techniques dissemination among underprivileged communities.

Keywords: Solar Energy; Affordable Solar Cookers; Sustainability, Waste Materials

 

Oficina de Fogões Solares para Comunidades de Baixa Renda: Uma Iniciativa Socioambiental.

Resumo

O Brasil é um país tropical que tem em média 250 dias de sol por ano. Infelizmente, muito pouca energia solar é usada para aquecer água e para cozinhar alimentos com fogões solares. O processo de cozimento tradicional exige consumo de combustível, enquanto o cozimento solar aproveita a abundante energia solar gratuita. Este artigo propõe a utilização de fogões solares de painel de baixo custo, com design sustentável, a partir de resíduos, como sacolas plásticas metalizadas de papelão e batata frita, como materiais alternativos às folhas de alumínio reflexivas comerciais ou filmes plásticos reflexivos. Nosso trabalho é um exemplo da viabilidade da disseminação de aparelhos e técnicas de cozimento solar simples, rápido e de baixo custo entre comunidades carentes.

Palavras-chave: Energia Solar; Fogões Solares Acessíveis; Sustentabilidade; Resíduos.

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Biografia do Autor

Valdilene Oliveira da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologias Energéticas e Nucleares no Departamento de Energia Nuclear da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - PROTEN/DEN-UFPE. 

Patricia Lopes Barros de Araújo, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)

Professor at Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in the Postgraduate Program in Energy and Nuclear Technologies (PROTEN/UFPE).

Elmo Silvano de Araújo, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)

Professor at Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in the Postgraduate Program in Energy and Nuclear Technologies (PROTEN/UFPE).

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2023-04-03

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Oliveira da Silva, V., Lopes Barros de Araújo, P., Silvano de Araújo, E., & Dutra da Silveira Filho, E. (2023). A Solar Cooking Workshop for Low-Income Communities: A Social and Environmental Initiative. Revista Brasileira De Geografia Física, 16(2), 1025–1032. https://doi.org/10.26848/rbgf.v16.2.p1025-1032

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